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Blue Note session · in the studio

December 7, 1966

Duke Pearson Sextet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

What the numbers mean

BN308-2 is a matrix number: Blue Note gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series (BN308 is "Humph"), and the figure after the dash is which take of that tune was kept. Early on the series starts each tune's takes at 0, so -0 is usually the first try.

tk. 5 is the take as counted through the whole day, from the first tune to the last: the way the studio's log and, from the mid-1950s, Rudy Van Gelder's tapes number them. Later dates have only these.

On the earliest records (1939–40) the numbers in the matrix place, like 486A-1 or GM535-6, are the masters' numbers from the studios and pressing plants Blue Note used before it had its own series.

Matrix · takeTitleFirst out on
1803 · tk. 1GaslightBLP 4252
1804 · tk. 10Ready Rudy?45 · 45-1931, BLP 4252
1805 · tk. 12Big BerthaBLP 4252
1806 · tk. 17After The RainBLP 4252
1807 · tk. 27Sweet Honey Bee45 · 45-1931, BLP 4252
1808 · tk. 28EmpathyBLP 4252
1809 · tk. 32SudelBLP 4252
7 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

4 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4191Wahoo!Duke Pearson1966+Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Mickey Roker

3 of them 6 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4213ComponentsBobby Hutcherson1966Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ron Carter
BLP 4219The All Seeing EyeWayne Shorter1966Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ron Carter
BLP 4240Rough 'N TumbleStanley Turrentine1966Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Mickey Roker
BLP 4196Blue SpiritsFreddie Hubbard1967Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson
BLP 4256The SpoilerStanley Turrentine1967Duke Pearson, James Spaulding, Mickey Roker
BLP 4267The Right TouchDuke Pearson1967Duke Pearson, Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding

2 of them 20 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BCP-6046Charles Persip And The Jazz StatesmenCharles Persip And The Jazz Statesmen1960Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter
JLP 77Happy TimeJunior Mance Trio1962Ron Carter, Mickey Roker
BCP-6065Golden Jazz InstrumentalsVarious Artists1962Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter
BLP 4115Hub-TonesFreddie Hubbard1963Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding
BLP 4144Little Johnny CJohnny Coles1964Duke Pearson, Joe Henderson
BLP 4172Breaking PointFreddie Hubbard1964Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding
BLP 4175Empyrean IslesHerbie Hancock1964Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter
BLP 4154Idle MomentsGrant Green1965Duke Pearson, Joe Henderson
BLP 4194Speak No EvilWayne Shorter1966+Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter
BLP 4195Maiden VoyageHerbie Hancock1965Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter
BLP 4207The Night Of The Cookers Volume 1Freddie Hubbard1965Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding
LP 1467Drums UnlimitedMax Roach1966Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding
BLP 4208The Night Of The Cookers Volume 2Freddie Hubbard1966Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding
BLP 4227Mode For JoeJoe Henderson1966Joe Henderson, Ron Carter
LP 1477BacklashFreddie Hubbard1967Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding
BLP 4206ContoursSam Rivers1967Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter
BLP 4257Boss HornBlue Mitchell1967Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker
BLP 4264The Real McCoyMcCoy Tyner1967Joe Henderson, Ron Carter
BLP 4297Wayne Shorter Sextet · not on the site yetWayne Shorter Sextet1967James Spaulding, Ron Carter
BLP 4276Introducing Duke Pearson's Big BandDuke Pearson's Big Band1968Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker